Victor Fazio, M.D.

Chairman of the Department of Colorectal
Surgery
Vice-Chairman of the Division of Surgery
Cleveland Clinic

Victor W. Fazio , M.D. is Chairman Emeritus of the Digestive Disease Institute and Department of
Colorectal Surgery at Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. Board-certified in colon and rectal surgery,
Dr. Fazio’s clinical interests are Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, colorectal
cancer, and pelvic floor reservoir procedures for ulcerative colitis and familial polyposis. He
pioneered the use of innovative techniques that allow patients to avoid the need for colostomies.

Dr. Fazio has been named one of the country’s top cancer doctors for women by Good Housekeeping
magazine and one of the best doctors in America by American Health magazine. He also was awarded the
Premier Physician Award from the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation in 1992. In 2000, he was the
first recipient of The Cleveland Clinic Master Clinician Award. Dr. Fazio is the recipient of the Al and
Norma Lerner Humanitarian Award, which is the highest honor awarded by the Cleveland Clinic.
Dr. Fazio has authored more than 500 scientific papers on colorectal topics and has authored or
co-authored 10 books.

Dr. Fazio received his medical degree from the University of Sydney in Australia and completed
post-graduate work at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney. After serving with the Australian Surgical
Team in Vietnam in 1971, he completed fellowships in surgery at the Lahey Clinic Medical Center in
Boston and at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. He earned a Master of Surgery degree from the University
of Sydney and has honorary degrees from the Royal College of Surgery of England and the Royal College of
Surgery of Edinburgh. He is one of only two Australians to ever receive the Fellowship, Royal
Australasian College of Surgeons both by examination and by conferment of honorary degree. In May 2004,
he received the Officer of the Order of Australia, from the Australian government.

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